Earlier than George Lucas bought Lucasfilm to Disney, he was engaged on a Star Wars TV sequence which might have price $40 million per episode.
Earlier than George Lucas bought Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, he was engaged on a handful of latest Star Wars tasks. A kind of tasks was Star Wars: Underworld, a live-action TV sequence which might have been set between the occasions of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. The sequence was axed when Disney took over the franchise, however plenty of work had already been achieved, together with writing over 60 scripts.
Nevertheless, Star Wars: Underworld wouldn’t have come low-cost. Whereas talking on the Younger Indy Chroniclers podcast, producer Rick McCallum stated every episode would have price $40 million. “I think we had over 60 scripts… like third draft scripts,” McCallum stated. “These have been darkish [scripts]. They have been attractive. They have been violent. They have been completely great, sophisticated, difficult scripts. The issue was that every episode was greater than the movies, so the bottom I might get it right down to with the every that existed then was $40 million an episode.“
McCallum didn’t spill any particulars on the sequence, solely to say that it “would’ve blown up the whole ‘Star Wars’ universe and Disney would’ve definitely never offered George to buy the franchise.” Intriguing. Some take a look at footage from the sequence made its means on-line a number of years in the past, however that’s the largest peek into the undertaking we’ve had. You’ve received to surprise what different goodies are in these 60 scripts, which, so far as we all know, are simply sitting there.
Though Disney scrapped Star Wars: Underworld, the studio was clearly eager to develop its personal live-action sequence. The primary was The Mandalorian, which was an unlimited success. The Mandalorian was made doable as a result of revolutionary digital background display screen often known as The Quantity, and it’s simple to think about that Lucas might have used that know-how to deliver Underworld to life. The Mandalorian was shortly adopted by extra Star Wars TV sequence, together with The Ebook of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, Ahsoka, The Acolyte, and Skeleton Crew. The second season of Andor can be launched on April 22, 2025, and a second season of Ahsoka can also be in growth.
